Arsene Wenger insisted that Arsenal will continue to attack their way to the Barclays Premiership title.

Wenger believes that the Gunners' stunning 5-4 North London derby victory at White Hart Lane on Saturday could prove to be the turning-point of their season.

However, while Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was scathing in his criticism of Arsenal's defending, his Arsenal counterpart continued his passable impersonation of Kevin Keegan.

Mourinho may have declared that "when you have a scoreline like that, then the defenders must have been a disgrace".

However, Wenger was less worried about his side's continuing susceptibility at set-pieces and more proud of their ability to outscore their opponents with their own brand of "sexy football".

After all, while Arsenal have conceded 17 goals - an incredible 13 more than Chelsea - in their 13 Premiership games so far this season, they have already scored 37 times - 16 more than the league leaders - in the Premiership alone.

Wenger declared: "That's the nature of the team. Cesc Fabregas, Fredrik Ljungberg and Robert Reyes are all offensive players, plus the two strikers.

"We have a team built like that. Even Patrick Vieira likes to go forward. We are paying a bit the price at the moment, mainly at set-pieces as we are maybe not tall enough.

"But we have to be faithful to our philosophy, which is to attack. When you score goals and concede goals, people start to question what you do. But I feel that people who came to watch the game or saw it on television will not have been cheated. That's important as well.

"Would I rather win 5-4 or 1-0? I would just say 5-0!"

Above all, with his side having not won outside the Carling Cup in their previous five games, Wenger was relieved to have seen Arsenal keep up the pressure on Chelsea, who had taken the lead in the title race the week before.

"I feel that was a big three points for the morale of the team," he declared. "I feel it can be a turning-point in our season because the confidence level of the team will grow again.

"We have shown a great team response when we were down. At Crystal Palace, we showed a bit of a dispirited performance but I feel we are back to a normal team strength now."

13-goal Thierry Henry concluded: "No matter what the score was, we really wanted to go back to our winning style. We scored a lot and conceded too much, but all that really mattered was the three points."